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"THE RUDEWICZ REPORT, WE PAID FOR THIS?"

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Anonymous Bruce Rubenstein said...

Kevin...Am I correct that Pedro paid 100k of our taxpayer money for a " targeted report", when if he had any integrity and "stones" at all, he could have simply terminated DR when the contract ended?

September 28, 2011 at 1:08 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What happens to all the information given to Rudewicz that was "outside" the spectrum of his investigation? Some of it criminal in nature and some of it internal. The Pandora's box has been opened! Does Pedro close it?

September 28, 2011 at 5:11 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

So Brooks was a complete disaster as IAD commander, but it wasn't his fault he screwed the job up completely, it was his bosses fault. I see.

What good is a lieutenant who's boss has to hang all over him to make sure he doesn't turn to crap everything he touches?

What a crybaby. Do Brooks and his buddies need Roberts to change their diapers for them, too, or can they handle that themselves?

September 28, 2011 at 5:36 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

Anonymous at 5:36PM

And who are we going to blame the missing files on? Was Lt. Brooks the IAD Commander when the Dryfe's were removing files from IAD?

I am anxious to find out exactly whose files they removed and for what reason. This is something that the State's Attorney or the Justice Department should be answering, not Frank Rudewicz.

September 28, 2011 at 5:51 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, at what point are you going to put your friendship with Brooks aside and acknowledge that Sgt. Laureano was and is not wrong for doing what he did? At what point? put yourself in his shoes. Im sure all your getting is Brook's side of the story, but really this blog has the potential to do great things, you just have to stay neutral and offer an unbias opinion. Come to the station talk to the troops, find out who gabe really is. The guy works harder than anyone at HPD. He also has dozens of emails and text messages from Brooks, where all Brooks did was praise him for his work ethic, integrity and honor. Why did Brook's opinion of him change? because Gabe did the right thing and it effected him? its confusing

September 28, 2011 at 6:18 PM

Blogger KEVIN BROOKMAN said...

I'm not sure it comes down to me blindly supporting Neville Brooks out of friendship. I think it is more a matter of trying to speak out on right vs. wrong. And I don't think I am overly critical of Sgt. Laureano either, except for my comments about his PJ's, and that is an issue I have not only with him, but many members of HPD. Not to go off track, but every officer at HPD needs to realize that their first commmitment is to their primary job as a police officer in the City of Hartford. As a taxpayer I don't think we are getting our moneys worth from officers when thay are burned out from working 50 or 60 hours a week in side jobs on top of their 40 hours for their assigned shifts. That may have muddied the waters by me saying that in the posts about the Rudewicz Report, but it is something I strongly believe.

I have never really met or even spoke with Sgt. Laureano except for one night when an officer offered to buy me a coffee, after I declined I saw the nametag "Laureano".

Personality conflicts exist in just about every organization, and I am not sure what happened between Laureano and Brooks. I think it is clear that Chief Horvath, rather than acting like a professional manager and getting to the bottom of the issue, escalated the situation and dragged Laureano into the middle of the mess. Like I posted earlier today, don't you find it odd that Laureano is pretty much the only rank and file member that figures prominently in the report?

If there really was an IAD Steering Committee in place as the Wasserman report stated, why did it take so long for any of the Assistant Chief's to chime in and identify the problem. And where were the 3 memos that Lt. Brooks apparently wrote back to Chief Horvath responding to Laureano's claims and explaining why Gerrity rights and other techniques were used on Chief Sansom? Are those not pertinent to a fair investigation, or were they ever even given to Rudewicz?

And even if Lt. Brooks may have mismanaged IAD, it is far more troubling that Assistant Chief Dryfe intentionally removed files from IAD. And apparently when he was questioned about it during the investigation he claimed he was still working on the cases from what I have been told. First off, what authority does he have to be doing that and secondly does he not have enough to keep him occupied as Chief in Cheshire that he needs to be working on HPD cases? Does anyone really buy that excuse? Where are the Chief's on that issue? Brooks actions may have been incompetence, Dryfe's actions I would venture to say may potentially be criminal. Where is the outcry over that or is it another example of those in the Chief's complex protecting their own as Brooks originally claimed?

I am loyal to my friends and I don't apologize for that, but in the end the facts are the facts and it comes down to a simple matter of what is right and what is wrong, and this whole thing stinks.

September 28, 2011 at 6:53 PM

Anonymous William Wallace said...

Kevin, I agree you should not apologize for being loyal to your friends. I consider Sgt. Laureano a friend and I also consider Lt. Brooks a friend, thus my predicament. It would appear that errors were made by Lt. Brooks, were they malicious? I don’t know. It would appear that the ball was dropped by several people.
I did overhear Lt. Brooks talking negatively about Sgt. Laurerano I spoke to him about my concerns regarding the negative comments. Lt Brooks never spoke negatively about Sgt. Laureano, in my presence after that.
Do I think Lt. Brooks is/was upset about not being promoted? Yes. Do I also believe that this was the beginning of the end for him in IAD? Yes.
Any officer who is summoned upstairs to answer questions has a duty and responsibility to answer them truthfully. Why are we bashing Sgt. Laureano for doing his duty? Kevin I am confident that if Sgt. Laureano failed to tell the truth in his interview you and all the others would be asking for his head, for lying.
You make mention of Sgt. Laureano working a lot of private duty road jobs, yet you make no mention as to whether any of his reports or investigations suffered from this. Having worked/discussed cases with him I can tell you I never saw any of his cases suffer.
After reading the report I too question why more information was not included. After conducting 45 interviews they chose to signal out a handful of people, documenting minor offenses, yet failing to address some of the greater issues.
That then, Officer Reynolds, allegedly used a racial slur. That then, Sgt. Ford allegedly showing favoritism towards Lt. Pleasant in a citizen compliant. Neither of those allegations were ever proven. What about Robles stealing money, what about the treatment of Detective Condon? Those are greater issues befalling HPD yet no mention is made of them anywhere in the report.

September 28, 2011 at 8:42 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dryfe should be arrested for removing and knowingly withholding sensative documents Plain and simple.

September 28, 2011 at 9:05 PM

Anonymous James Brown (good god) said...

Marcum LLP was used and scammed, shame on them for allowing it. If integrity was a pinnacle of their organization then it just went down like a twinkle at fat camp. It was tailored to fit the exact needs of the city and their agenda. It was made to make Lt. Brooks look totally incompetent and the Chief even more incompetent. They crafted it to limit their liability in any future litigation, and ignored the powder keg that is still waiting to explode at 50 Jennings Rd.
What the Mayor did at his press conference was a disservice to the tax payers and the police officers who
work at HPD. To spend hard earned tax payers money and give them a watered down version of the facts is a serious issue and shows a total lack of transparency. Maybe Pedro should look up what that word means in a book called Webster's Dictionary, in case he can't find one I'll help him out it's say according to Merriam-Websters (on line version) transparent #2 a. "free from pretense or deceit." What he did was pretentious and definitely
deceitfully. If he really cared about his Cops he would of allowed Frank to look at everything that was discovered by the investigation there are a lot more serious issues left untouched and will bite the city in the ass in the end once again, costing the tax payers more money and the department more embarrassment. This was an opportunity to flush the toilet and get rid of the floaters and really clean the bowl. An opportunity for the Mayor to be a true leader but instead he stumbled and fell into the same footsteps of the previous corrupt administration, oh wait he kept some of the same people from that era, that explains it. It looks like the tail wags the dog at city hall.
I am sure that the police union is rethinking their endorsement of Pedro, they went out on a limb in my opinion, and endorsed him and still no contract I am sure that their leadership will not play nice to much longer. With this sham and no contract I am sure the Police union members are not going to remain silent at the next meeting. Pedro the least you could do with all of your talk about public safety is to take care of the men and women who put their lives on the line everyday to make you and the rest of your administration look good. With all of the recent back door deals and political mess this city is in it makes you wonder why no one wants to live or do business in the Capital City, maybe the Governor can bail him out of this one again like he did with the Shawn Wooden deal.

September 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Pedro next time you are going to lie on camera maybe you should practice in the mirror your eyes told a different story. The city of Hartford deserves better. You appear to be an educated man but I didn't realize you are blind. Keep using your seeing eye dogs (no names need to be mentioned) to get around the City of Hartford. BE WARE OF THE DOGS. Yes you too can get bit.

September 28, 2011 at 11:37 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey Pedro next time you are going to lie on camera maybe you should practice in the mirror your eyes told a different story. The city of Hartford deserves better. You appear to be an educated man but I didn't realize you are blind. Keep using your seeing eye dogs (no names need to be mentioned) to get around the City of Hartford. BEWARE OF THE DOGS. Yes you too can get bit.

September 28, 2011 at 11:40 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It will be intresting to see what the city does knowing the names of the former employees who removed city documents, especially ones from internal affairs which could have an effect on that employees future employability.
Removal of city records is a criminal offense and not to follow up would be just a criminal, and to think they made DKR leave because of his failure to act and correct problems witin the PD,sounds familiar. Pedro don't be afraid to take action because one of those employees mother has influence in the north end, do the right thing for once. Oh yeah shame on Frank and his merry band of thieves, former FBI agents,a retired Chief and an active commander of Boston IAD, you discover criminal activity
and turn a blind eye to and don't report it the the states
attorneys office you should all turn in your badges and be ashamed for selling your ethics for such a small price.
I am pretty sure if it was a Brooks supporter or a Hector Robles there would be a warrant waiting to be served. Hartford at it's finest.

September 29, 2011 at 9:01 AM

Anonymous Free Wesley Snipes said...

The Dryfes removed files from IAD???? and to think these are two people who arrested numerous Americans throughout their opolice careers. I ddont get isnt that criminal???? Removing sensitive police files Kevin I am so happy that we have this blog it shows just how corrupted the city is how corrupted the mayor is and all the bullshit that goes on the pd. Im telling you man I dont advocate violence but the shit that these people are doing an ASS WHOOPING is required Im talking Rocky 3 Rocky Balboa Clubber Lang (MR. T)the first fight ass whooping this shit is disgusting there will never be Morale in a immoral place Shonuff!!!!! Ill never forget when Sergeant Dryfe chewed me out when i first started the job and that woman was stealing files?????

October 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kevin, in your reply u felt u had to remind HPD that their primary responsibility is to their full time position. Well if the city paid HPD what they are worth compared to other departments officers might start to give a shit AND HPD will start to attract some better quality applicants instead of the bottom of the gene pool. But the city pays HPD like crap so they are forced to work 30 - 40 hours a week extra @ STRAIGHT TIME to earn a decent living. I'm surprised u went down that road because I normally agree with 99% of ur posts.

October 4, 2011 at 1:25 AM

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